Apple G4 Tanks Ad

[Chupacabra777]

Still my all time favorite Apple ad. Just before the release of Private Ryan and Myth the Fallen Lords WW2 mod, July of 1998.

[JuniorJoost]

I JUST BOUGHT ONE OF THESE BECAUSE OF THE LOVELY CASE <3

[bodruldujah]

and to think Macs now use , what was the processor again intel pentium

[iToasterman]

i have one of these to go with my pcs, sooo damn slow.

[CWCandMRSAFETYRULES]

the fact that they are using old patton tanks to demonstrate instead of abrams tanks is proof that apple uses outdated hardware.

[Spaghettitron]

They forgot about bomber planes!

[Snedd99]

"As for Pentium PCs...well, Macs are kinda the same now."

[NedSc]

you guys are retarded. This commercial wasn't saying the army used macs, but rather was talking about an outdated, but still in effect, classification of super computer. The US government restricted the selling of "super computers" (at the time) to certain countries. Everyone knew the G4 wasn't actually a super computer, and the restrictions were revised shortly afterward, but the commercial is clearly tongue-in-cheek.

[GhostLaughingMan]

If mac is the army then pc is stargate sg1 :) !!!!!

[DemoraX]

haha, if they did their research before spewing out another worthless ad they'd know that the US army (aswell as nasa) uses what they call PC (windows)...

oh well, their loss...

[psivewri]

0:07 i swear they were going to run it over lol.

[deluxedookie]

lol now there using them intel's

[NYz3R0dAY]

i have a Dual-450MHz Macintosh Server G4 (Gigabit ethernet)

[vanhalenbr]

A longtime ago, in the time of that ad Apple cannot export this machine because it was the 1st computer with 1Teraflop and it is considered a supercomputer capable to control a missile, and a weapon. And it was true so Apple made this ad, until get the law reviewed.

[Nintendavin]

The only time Apple truly did have different computers than PC's.

God Bless Power PC processors... Aside from the fact that they're quite slow.

[stpworld]

I thought youd be interested to know i got a G5 PPC mac running a current system and its very fast and has current apps on there 2 and 4 gigs of ram.@Nintendavin

[Nintendavin]

@stpworld No, I mean PowerPC seems to be quite slow in contrast to Intel Processors nowadays.

[geekmachine1]

@stpworld i got a g4 and it's faster then my vaio laptop that was made this year

[element1108]

@geekmachine1 I got a G4 in 2002 and it still runs today...granted it's been demoted to a capture suit, the point is she runs and runs like day 1 ;)

[MangaFalzy]

Haha, this is the mac I have. I'm using it right now!

[Mycatisbigfoot]

you have to put agp at the top as that is the agp model

[ProjectZro]

wow I hope when they made this they realized that macs are PC's (personal computers) its the OS they are supposed to brag about.

[appleinfl]

It's the processor that apple is bragging about in the ad. not the OS.

[EmoticonMayhem]

@ProjectZro back then macs had better cpus than Windows PCs as well. You can hear at the end he says "Pentium PCs, well, they're harmless

[willmck12]

@ProjectZro Unfortunately, I don't think anyone realizes it even now, except people who actually know a thing or two about computers.

I've tried explaining it to a lot of people MANY times and they're just like "Nuh-uh, PC's are Windows computers".

There's WinPC's (PC's with Windows), Macs (PC's with OSX), etc, and PC's in general (Personal Computers), but they won't admit it because all they know is shitty, misleading Mac vs. PC commercials lol.

[Snedd99]

@willmck12

PC typically refers to an IBM-compatible computer (i.e. it is x86 compatible). So whilst the computer in this ad isn't a PC, modern Macs are.

[donniethemacwiz]

@ProjectZro OMG I NEVER THAUGHT OF THAT WE HAVE TO TELL SOME ONE THERES A BIG FLAW IN APPLES MAKRETING THIS WILL JUST KILL EVERYTIHING

[ProjectZro]

@donniethemacwiz haha i like your enthusiasm

[xXDANGEROUSXx8474]

@ProjectZro of course they realize that. theyre just appealing to the dumbass consumer.

[seinfeldfan7898]

@ProjectZro The term PC is actually THE term used for a machine running anything but Mac OS.

[AngryKittehPoo]

@seinfeldfan7898 No PC technically means personal computer, but pop culture has changed the meaning to mean everything but Apple

[seinfeldfan7898]

@AngryKittehPoo Backed by what evidence?

[SlinkyStudio]

This ad is awesome!

[GavinRoskamp]

Only a true tech/music geek can appreciate this ad. First off, it is about the world's best company's nearly best product. The G4 was the best processor ever made in my opinion.

Plus, it has the theme for the Great Escape (Its a movie from 19-something) as its background song! I do love this ad :)

[maxsuperdudeisawesom]

This is the first ever FUNNY advert if you're a geek like me!

[Num1shark]

Haha, the Mac pro is harmless then.

(I own two G4's btw)

[PowerMacUser]

what kind of G4's do you own?

=]

[Num1shark]

I own a 450Mhz Sawtooth and a dual 533Mhz Digital audio. Also own a 1.25Ghz G4 eMac. Plus a 600Mhz Graphite iMac and a 600mhz Ruby iMac (motherboard swap). I love to collect vintage Macs and pc parts. My favorite is my Graphite. They all work great and have been upgraded in some way or another. When I get more room I plan to double my collection. What do you own?

[PowerMacUser]

i own a 400GHZ G3 imac and a 600MHZ ibook.

i just ordered a 733MHZ quicksilver powermac

and i hope it's alot faster than the G3's i have owned lol.

[Num1shark]

I like the quicksilver's definite improvement over the G3. The AGP bus over the PCI bus makes video so much better.

[GavinRoskamp]

Go eMac! I've got the exact same model, it ROCKS!

And I've got the same iMac G3 as you! how crazy!!! Graphite/600!

I wish I had the money for a PMG4, but I'm getting a PBG4 12" 1.5GHz 1.25GB RAM, so it will replace my 1GHz 512 RAM iMac G4.

PowerPC G4ever!

[Num1shark]

heck yeah!